Posts Tagged Chicago Fire Department at O’Hare Airport

This is the 4th in the series highlighting the progression of truck companies in Chicago that were delivered with booster tanks and pumps. Previous articles in this series can be found HERE, HERE, and HERE..

IN 1968, CHICAGO RECEIVED ONE SEAGRAVE REAR MOUNTED AERIAL…

Carrying CFD Shop #E-173, this was a 100′ “Rear-Admiral” aerial with a 250-gallon booster tank and a 60-GPM pump. It was assigned to Truck 63 at O’Hare Airport.

Chicago Fire Department Truck 63 Seagrave with a booster tank

Truck 63 at O’Hare Airport received the one Seagrave aerial that was purchased in 1968. It had a 250-gallon water tank and a 60-GPM pump. Bill Friedrich photo

Truck 63 had dual booster reels and a 100-foot rear-mounted ladder. Larry Shapiro photo

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Area Oshkosh ARFF delivery photos

Jun 21

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, Fire Service News, New Delivery | 2 Comments

Martin Nowak found links to several Oshkosh ARFF deliveries for O’Hare and Rockford airports on the Oshkosh Flickr site.

Oskkosh Striker ARFF for Rockford Airport

Rockford Airport ARFF. Oshkosh composite

Chicago 653 for O’Hare. Oshkosh composite

Chicago ARFF 655 for O’Hare. Oshkosh composite

Chicago ARFF 656 for O’Hare with Snozzle. Oshkosh composite

Chicago ARFF 657 for O’Hare. Oshkosh composite

Does anyone know how do they get that sky writing behind the units … and those runway lights are so white!

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CFD Spartan ERV updates

May 4

Posted by bgshap in Fire Service News, New Delivery | 29 Comments

Martin Nowak and Danny Nelms have pointed us to images from the Spartan ERV site with photos of the new CFD Academy engine, the new O’Hare engine, another new CFD engine, plus two trucks in production:

From Danny:

spoke on Facebook to a Spartan ERV rep and he said the dealer took delivery of the new engine for O’Hare on april 24th. Here are some pics from Spartan ERV and also a few pics of the new academy rig as well.

O’Hare – dont know whay it is 12s, heard it was gonna be a spare for squad 7 and now it looks like engine 12 going back to service so i dunno

academy- FDD656

All photos from the Spartan ERV webpage!

new Spartan ERV engine for O'Hare Airport

Spartan ERV photo

The link for the O’Hare engine photos is HERE.

new Chicago Fire Department Training Academy engine

Spartan ERV photo

The link for the CFD Academy engine is HERE.

HERE is a link to another Spartan ERV engine recently delivered to Chicago.

HERE is a link to a new 103′ aerial ladder being built for Chicago.

HERE is link to another 103′ aerial ladder being built for Chicago.

Tags: Chicago Fire Department Academy gets new engine, Chicago Fire Department at O'Hare Airport, Danny Nelms, Martin Nowak, new aerial ladder being built for the Chicago Fire Department, new engine for O'Hare Airport, Spartan ERV

CFD updates at Crimson

Oct 21

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News | 4 Comments

Bill Friedrich found the following links to the ‘in progress’ section of the Crimson Fire website which show the current production photos of the engine for the Chicago Fire Department Training Academy and the engine for O’Hare Airport (Crimson #211033-01).

The chassis were featured HERE.

Tags: Bill Friedrich, CFD O'Hare Airport firefighting, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Fire Department at O'Hare Airport, Chicago Fire Department training Academy, Chicago O'Hare Airport Fire Department, Crimson Fire, O'Hare Airport Fire Department

O’Hare Airport Disaster Drill – update

Sep 19

Posted by bgshap in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department News, Fire Service News, Reader submission, Training | Comments off

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. submitted several images depicting the Chicago Fire Department personnel at work during Saturday’s disaster drill at O’Hare.

Chicago Fire Department disaster drill at O'Hare Airport

The drill took place behind the International Terminal at O'Hare and included a portable aircraft training prop that was on fire along with several portable free standing burn devices. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

ARFF 6-5-3 works to extinguish the aircraft fire behind the International Terminal. The United Airlines plane in the background was also used in the drill scenario. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

Firefighters and EMS personnel put together the triage area with portable tents and colored tarps corresponding to the injury classification assigned to each victim. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

Firefighters carry a patient to the triage area as they walk among an area littered with additional victims. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

Firefighters bring critically injured patients to the triage section for 'red' coded victims. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

Chicago Fire Commissioner Robert Hoff looks in on EMS personnel at one of the triage tents with several victims. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

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O’Hare Airport Disaster Drill

Sep 18

Posted by bgshap in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department News, Fire Service News, Reader submission | 7 Comments

The Chicago Fire Department conducted their annual disaster drill on Saturday at O’Hare Airport. The Chicago Tribune has an article HERE.

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. was on the field and submitted several images of specialized CFD apparatus.

photo by Gordon J. Nord, Jr.

photo by Gordon J. Nord, Jr.

Chicago Fire Department 8-8-11 Oxygen Therapy Bus

photo by Gordon J. Nord, Jr.

Chicago Fire Department 8-8-1 Mass Casualty Bus

photo by Gordon J. Nord, Jr.

photo by Gordon J. Nord, Jr.

Chicago Fire Department Mobile Ventilation Unit 9-2-4

photo by Gordon J. Nord, Jr.

A large gallery with CFD apparatus photos can be found HERE.

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New apparatus at O’Hare

Sep 3

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Delivery | Comments off

Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photographed four new ARFFs at O’Hare and got a sneak peek at 9-2-4, the new mobile ventilation unit.

Chicago Fire Department at O'Hare Airport ARFF Oshkosh Striker

6-5-3 flows water from the bumper turret. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

6-5-3 runs out of Rescue 1 at O'Hare. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

6-5-7 also is stationed at Rescue 1. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

6-5-4 is at Rescue 3. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

6-5-5 is also at Rescue 3, located mid-field. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

6-5-9 is at Rescue 4, the old north fire station off Touhy Avenue. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

Chicago Fire Department at O'Hare Airport mobile ventilation unit

9-2-4 is the new mobile ventilation unit at O'Hare. Gordon J. Nord, Jr. photo

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O’Hare gets MVU

Aug 31

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, Fire Service News, New Delivery | 1 Comment

A new piece of apparatus is on the roster at O’Hare Airport. 9-2-4, though not yet in service, is a Tempest mobile ventilation unit with similarities to 9-2-3 at Engine 106’s house. 9-2-4 has a fan unit with a smaller volume and is mounted on a Ford F-250 chassis with a small body. Whereas the 9-2-3 has the Tempest MVU-60 (60″ fan), 9-2-4 has the Tempest MVU-125 lightweight model.

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